History
Pilkington Capital Corporation was established in 2007 and is a Cayman Island Exempted Corporation operating globally as a private investment company.
Expertise
Equity:
Pilkington makes direct equity investments in strategic opportunities that are consistent with the over investment vision. Investments range from start up alternative asset managers, to investment dealers, to technology companies. Our vision is to ensure synergies across the investing portfolio whether is to create Alterative Asset managers to support an investment strategy within a specific industry vertical like Cloud Software, AI, Big Data. Or, to invest in core intellectual property that leverages into existing technology investments to give them a proprietary advance. Providing capital to alternative asset managers with a synergistic view of the overall investment strategy can leverage expertise to feed later stage investments. Whether it’s funding a seed capital manager for early stage tech to write an option on the talent which will be acquired by the later stage portfolio holding, we will assess all opportunities for strategic fit. Current investments include Alternative Asset Managers, Venture Capital Managers, Technology Companies and Real Estate Holding.
Structured Finance:
Pilkington has a diverse capital network of structured financial products and monetization strategies. Structured produces include monetization of AVAL – Promissory Notes, SBLC monetization, Non-recourse Borrowing, Line of Credit, Margin Accounts, Senior Debentures and Convertible Debentures. By pledging risk capital for first position loss Pilkington is able to create large capital pools for 3 to 5 year investment horizons with high yield returns and liquidity strategies to reduce risk and volatility over time. Pilkington works with some of the worlds largest Banks in lending and structured finance opportunities. In some cases Pilkington will use its structured capital to seed alternative trading and investment strategies placing $50 million to $150 million giving the manager a substantial advantage to accelerate their market entry with their investment strategy. This investment approach allows for rapid Net Asset Growth with liquidity built over time as a means to crystalize returns.
Trading:
Pilkington has built a global network and access to trade equity positions held within it’s investments portfolio. Compliant reporting of equity trades as an insider or control block through a network of arms length discretionary portfolio managers, market makers, brokers and traders allow for disposition arms length from the insider positions. Strong governance, compliance and regulatory reporting is cornerstone to Pilkington’s overall equity trading platform along with expertise in regulatory rules in Europe, Canada and the USA. Pilkington also provides hedging strategies against equity momentum, foreign exchange hedges with trading in USD, CAD and Euro globally in order to optimize returns while maintaining liquidity. Pilkington’s traders reside in New York, Toronto, Montreal, Geneva, London and Frankfurt as equity positions are held in all these jurisdictions.